hes only sorry he was caught voicing his real beliefs
Bank PR Team Issues Statement Claiming Boss is Sorry. Boss’s Golf Game Uninterrupted.
For generations, we were taught to value the opinions of the wealthy. Now we know for the vast majority of billionaires, their extreme wealth is mostly due to chance, not inherent ability, or even worse is actually evidence of their lack of character. The illusion has fallen away. They are the last people we should seek advice from on living a moral life. We should punish them for the act of hoarding immoral amounts of wealth to themselves. I am encouraged because this viewpoint seems to be spreading, and even more encouraged because I think they’re scared. They should be scared.
No they’re not scared. I can’t disclose any details, but if I were scared I’d walk around with a bodyguard and wouldn’t have a cellphone.
The very wealthy spend lots of money on private security. Look up Erik Prince and his crazy family… DeVos etc. When Gates spoke at my uni (this was 20 years ago) he arrived in a motorcade of 10 armored Suburbans
No, I am saying I have personal experience, the details of which I cannot disclose.
Sure. It’s possible you may. However, you sound like a 12 year old boy claiming something grandiose. If you really have a relationship that you cannot disclose, don’t go telling people that. No one will believe you, unless they’re the type to fall for Alex Jones level nonsense. Claims require proof, or at least common or searchable knowledge, otherwise who can take your claim seriously?
I could claim I also know a billionaire and claim the opposite of you. Or that the billionaire you know is just a moron. Many of them are.
Edit: Also, why do people always assume everyone would do the same thing as themselves? Just because you wouldn’t carry a cell phone doesn’t mean everyone has the same paranoia as you.
Ok, those are all fair points. There isn’t really any other medium where I can express “hey, it’s weird that these people have cell phones when they shouldn’t and no body guards where they should.” This is something in my life, this post made me think of it. Believe it or don’t believe it I guess.
Edit: There are many business, family and social contexts under which a person might be acquainted with a billionaire, depending on one’s line of work, region, and social connections. Most billionaires aren’t famous.
I was not refuting your point, just adding my own point after it. Our personal experiences obviously differ. I’ve had to give facility tours to security details in advance of a UHNW individual’s arrival on multiple occasions.
That makes sense. I do not know any famous people at all. I know some retired performers who are still on the con circuit, but they’d never be recognized, and they’re not billionaires. The billionaires I’ve met all look like they shop at Target and they put all their money into their family and into assets. You wouldn’t know to look at them, at least I wouldn’t.
We gotta badass here!!
Yeah, I am a badass, but I don’t know what that has to do with anything.
Ooooh, found the dangerous badass who’s gonna make 'em sorry. You must have a very particular set of skills! Help us, Obi Wan, you’re our only hope.
If you look at my previous comment history, you’d know that I do not believe doing violence to individual billionaires will actually work to do anything positive for society. Also, there is a reason why I know these people, and the reason ISN’T “I’m secretly an assassin.”
Ok… your comment history says you don’t know “times tables” past 5x and that a link was “unreadable” which I checked and it was fine. Izzat you, Mister Bond?
Anyway, whatever the secret plan is, please hit the big red button ASAP so we can all thank you!
My browser blocks the link because the site thinks I’m using an adblocker, it is therefore unreadable. Yes I never memorized my times tables. These are all pretty irrelevant to what I said.
I do not have a secret plan. I don’t know who you think I am or why you think I said what I said. Please stop replying to me, I’m sure you’re a nice person.
I’ve never understood the purpose of forcing executives to apologize.
He said exactly what he meant, to a group of investors who largely feel positively about his message.
A forced apology is condescending and meaningless, and therefore I cannot see how it improves optics in any way.
The culture of corporate of PR insists that not only do meaningless canned responses help, but they’re invaluable. After all, the media will faithfully record those canned replies and reproduce them as though they’re salient information, no matter how empty and vapid the cloud of buzzwords produced.
Bank boss sorry after being called out for describing workers as lower value human capital
FTFY
Bank boss delivers opposing sentiments in fraudulent effort to increse personal wealth by increasing bank’s stock price.
FTFY
(You assume a person with no empathy can be sorry)
I’ve been irritated since around 1979 when we stopped being “personnel” and became “human resources”. It’s always puzzled me that there was no massive backlash to that.
No he isn’t.
He is sorry. Sorry he got caught.
“I’m sorry the lower value human capital heard me call them that.”
Whew. Thank goodness that passed
This guy provides zero value to society. He steals value created by others and claims it for himself. He’s on the list.
The biggest clue was when they started referring to us as a “resource”. We’re just another input on their spreadsheet.
I used to work at a place that actually changed the name from Human Resources Dept. to Human Capital Dept. and none of the higher ups could figure out why that pissed everybody off.
Honestly people being either a “resource” or “capital” still makes people sound like they’re vespene gas or something
Frankly “people team” is one I’ve been seeing and I think that’s disingenuous or condescending or something. I don’t know what I think it should be.
It should be “union steward.”
Honestly, capital sounds better. Resources are something you comsume. Capital is something you invest with/in. People are just used to being called resources.
Always have been. They’re just saying the quiet part out loud.
I am very sorry ^that I got caught^
Agreed that this is the actual feeling he has.
They don’t view us as human beings or at the very least equal. Have no remorse for when terrible things happen to them.
CEOs shouldn’t apologize for fireable offenses. They should just be fired.
Out of a cannon.
Into the sun
Uh why would the board fire him for doing his job
Actually using that term was a slipup for sure, but you bet your ass finding ways to cut HR costs is part of his job description
Who the fuck cares if he claims to be “sorry”? This wasn’t a case of awkward phrasing or poorly chosen words. It’s a reflection of how he thinks, and will continue to think. Even if he loses his job (which he won’t), he’d only be replaced by someone with the same attitude.
Typical CEO and then you wonder why societies fall apart.
He thinks of you as “lower value” so do you think he has any reservations about lying to you?
